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Coping With Moral Distress in Oncology Practice: Nurse and Physician Strategies

An Lievrouw
Stijn Vanheule
Myriam Deveugele
Martine De Vos
Piet Pattyn
Van Belle
Dominique D. Benoit
ONF 2016, 43(4), 505-512 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.505-512
Purpose/Objectives: To explore variations in coping with moral distress among physicians and nurses in a university hospital oncology setting. Research Approach: Qualitative interview study. Setting: Internal medicine (gastroenterology and medical oncology), gastrointestinal surgery, and day clinic...
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Editorial

Professional Censorship

ONF 2016, 43(4), 411-412 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.411-412
Some time ago, I was invited to present a lecture on cancer and sexuality to survivors sponsored by a faith-based institution. This is not the first time I have given such a lecture, and I always enjoy interacting with survivors and their partners. Just a couple of months before, I gave a similar...
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Research Ethics

Consent and Assent in Pediatric Research: Whose Right Is It Anyway?

Marilyn J. Hammer
ONF 2016, 43(3), 281-283 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.281-283
Although the right to health care is not written into the U.S. Constitution, moral and ethical tenets govern the delivery of optimal medical care universally and across the life continuum. Pertaining to children, in accordance with the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924 and the...
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Perceived Quality of Work Life and Risk for Compassion Fatigue Among Oncology Nurses: A Mixed-Methods Study

Ellen Giarelli
Jami Denigris
Kathleen Fisher
MaryKay Maley
Elizabeth Nolan
ONF 2016, 43(3), E121-E131 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.E121-E131
Purpose/Objectives: To examine factors that influenced the nurse’s perceived quality of work life and risk for compassion fatigue (CF). The specific aims of the study were to describe the (a) relationship among nurse characteristics and perceived quality of work life, (b) relationship between...
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Parental Decision Making Regarding the Disclosure or Nondisclosure of a Mutation-Positive BRCA1/2 Test Result to Minors

Kendra-Ann I. Seenandan-Sookdeo
Thomas F. Hack
Michelle M. Lobchuk
Leigh Murphy
Sandra Marles
ONF 2016, 43(3), 330-341 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.330-341
Purpose/Objectives: To gain insight into parental decision making regarding the disclosure or nondisclosure of a mutation-positive BRCA1/2 test result to minors. Research Approach: A qualitative study based on Heidegger hermeneutic phenomenology was undertaken to explore the lived experience of...
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